Is it just me or are the mannequins stupidly hard to fight

[Urantia]

I just dont understand how to counter them at all

[BIG MONKEY]

just wait untill you meet the red gutter men things

[Hyda]

Originally posted by wutville fanboy:

just wait untill you meet the red gutter men things

oh god those things are a nightmare.
actually the worst enemy in the game.

[Jevmen]

alone they are a joke yeah, but when they are surrounded by enemies you may accidentally get within their melee range and get slapped, or not see their projectiles. You can fully disable them if you use the Rocket time stop clock tho, but not for too long

[Universal921]

They get hard-countered by parries. Parry parry parry, they can hardly do anything to you then. It's the OTHER two new enemies that can get messy

[girlfailure gaming]

Originally posted by wutville fanboy:

just wait untill you meet the red gutter men things

friggin hate these things so much

[Proto]

Originally posted by Universal921:

They get hard-countered by parries. Parry parry parry, they can hardly do anything to you then. It's the OTHER two new enemies that can get messy

Yep!

[S_OXYDE_S]

honestly i kinda enjoy each new enemy. from what i've gathered:

Guttermen are basically fully countered by knuckle blaster (If you didn't know knuckle blaster can break their shield and also does a lot of damage in general, due to the slow turning speed as long as your close you can just circle them and melt them with shotgun and knuckle blaster as it kinda staggers them?)-EDIT: Turns out when they do a melee attack without the shield the shotguns normal blast staggers them a bit like a parry, odd.

Mannequins are countered by parry's, i tend to use coins and the sharpshooter revolver if they aren't close or are in weird places (tbh knuckle blaster is my new favourite thing and idk if its particularly good for them but i spent most of layer 7 shotgun knuckle blasting through everything which worked well so i believe it does just... don't quote me on that, also that's given their close enough for that.)

And finally Guttertank's, These i struggled with the most because of their melee attack being so fast and having a surprising range, but they were countered by basically doing anything other than what i was doing (using braindead shotgun knuckle blasting techniques :) )

Originally posted by Jevmen:

alone they are a joke yeah, but when they are surrounded by enemies you may accidentally get within their melee range and get slapped, or not see their projectiles. You can fully disable them if you use the Rocket time stop clock tho, but not for too long

i never expected the rocket launcher to work on their projectiles so that might help, for me i just tried to keep distance and use my environment, sharpshooter works great when they get bunched up in a small space, i used saw traps but i'm not too sure how effective they were.

hope this helps someone, really enjoyed this update and i will edit this if i find anything else :)

PAINT THE WALLS RED.

[enderman742]

people calling them the "worst" enemie at the game just for the skill issues, really easy to be honest, Hakita even add some frames to do a parry so people can just hit the blue orbs and heal for free.

[Wizzy]

Originally posted by wutville fanboy:

just wait untill you meet the red gutter men things

seriously hate those things with a passion, for me I find them really unsatisfying to fight I can't really tell if I'm doing any damage to them

[Coom Guy]

they're resistant to explosives, stick with raw shotguns, revolvers (especially marksman bc MAN they're fast) and ADDITIONALLY. They die INSTANTLY if you melee them while they fall down, and they fall down from any damage while wall clinging. parries are your friend.

[ShellShock]

for me I can't see them very much at all so I have to rely on homing or big explosions to kill them. luckily this game is expressive AF so just find your own way to deal with them and as long as you don't do it to every enemy you can still get hella style. this layer is pretty tough in general honestly but man it is a visual treat and an absolute blast

[Nicky Grimes]

Two methods to getting rid of them:
1. Red Arm (punch once, don't do the effect where you push them away) + Railgun
2. Standing at a distance away to parry their blue orbs. Then use your knuckles to shotgun parry them back. I've found that when you do the shotgun parry, it takes care of parrying the orbs back for you so you don't have to do it twice.

it's handled like Floating Head, except the Head just goes Sonic Rush speed whenever it wants to.

[Wehzy]

Originally posted by wutville fanboy:

just wait untill you meet the red gutter men things

I'd take mannequins over gutterman anytime. mannequins are pretty much almost one shot while gutterman are spongy af

[zab]

yeah I am struggling to kill them

[zab]

Originally posted by wutville fanboy:

just wait untill you meet the red gutter men things

these guys are way easier than people make them out to be